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In Topic: Driving 125 Cc Scooter And Have Licence For 50 Cc - No Problem In Pattaya
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So if you eventually meet a police officer who does actually care about the law, what do you think he's going to do? 1000 baht official fine.......? I would be quivering in my boots!
In Topic: Driving 125 Cc Scooter And Have Licence For 50 Cc - No Problem In Pattaya
2012-05-27 22:07:27
BigBikeBKK, on 2012-05-27 21:57:10, said:
Polanskiman, on 2012-05-27 20:13:03, said:
NomadJoe, on 2012-05-27 20:00:29, said:
guzzi850m2, on 2012-05-24 06:16:59, said:
...You will as minimum need a international licence.
Untrue. If your license is in English and has a picture on it, it already is an "international license." You don't need an IDP.
Well, I wanted to be sure what you were saying was correct/wrong. I googled and fell on this link from the Royal Thai Consulate in Hull in the UK: http://www.thaiconsu...d=499bO6KhnvQPg
You need an International Driving License.
Actually all you really need is a couple hundred baht
TiT 
I have yet to meet a policeman who has ever asked for an international drivers license to be presented, I doubt 99% of them even know what they are.
On the other hand, I was once stopped at an official police road block upcountry on unlicensed bikes with friends who had no motorcycle license to present and the policemen said there was no problem because we were all foreigners....
Many of the people on here have never left Pattaya/Phuket, which is why they don't seem to understand the situation in the vast majority of the country.
In Topic: Driving 125 Cc Scooter And Have Licence For 50 Cc - No Problem In Pattaya
2012-05-27 22:01:10
Polanskiman, on 2012-05-27 19:48:03, said:
Not all police are careless as you seem to assume and the day you are confronted with a police officer that isn't, then I believe your "official looking foreign card" will be of no use.
You are right, they are not careless. They care a lot about how much money they can extort from you.
At the end of the day you can find exceptions to any case. Whether you like it or not what I said is generally true for Thailand at this point of time. Anyone who has driven a lot here will agree.
Like I said, this is not a suggestion to break the law or any type of advice, it is simply stating the truth of the situation.
In Topic: Driving 125 Cc Scooter And Have Licence For 50 Cc - No Problem In Pattaya
2012-05-27 16:10:51
Polanskiman, on 2012-05-26 08:50:24, said:
madjbs, on 2012-05-25 14:29:47, said:
Well the truth is that the police in Thailand really don't care what license you have or much else at all for that matter. If you give them an official looking foreign card they will be quite happy...
Whether you need one in case of an accident or insurance claim is another matter though.
Whether you need one in case of an accident or insurance claim is another matter though.
As much as many foreigners like to act the way you just discribed, it is not correct. You are in a foreign country. Respect the country, respect the laws. I am sure you wouldn't behave the same way in your home country.
Maybe the police in my own country care whether people have a driving license or not.....
I don't know about you but I didn't move here because everyone (including the police) behaves like they do in my home country.
Your argument doesn't really wash, If the police have no respect for the laws they are supposedly meant to enforce, then it's going to be pretty hard to get anyone else to respect them.
